Unit 3 vocab quiz

Match the following vocab terms to the correct picture

• Rotation

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• Seasons

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• Revolution

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• Equator

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• Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Earth's (a)   causes day & night, and it's (b)   and the (c)   of it's axis is what cause seasons.

• Rotation
• Revolution around the Sun
• Distance to the Sun.
• Tilt
• Facing the Sun
• Distance to the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Reorder the following moon phases starting with the phase that comes after the waning crescent moon:

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• 1st Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Full Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Label the following moon phases with the correct name

d

e

c

b

a

f

h

g

Waxing crescent

Full Moon

Waning Crescent

New Moon

Waxing Gibbous

Waning Gibbous

1st quarter

3rd Quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Label each of the following Earth positions with the proper seasons.

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

a

Summer in the North hemisphere

Winter in the South hemisphere

Fall in the North hemisphere

Spring in the North hemisphere

Spring in the South hemipshere

Winter in the North hemisphere

Summer in the South hemisphere

Fall in the South hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The longest day/shortest night of the year is called the (a)   while the longest night/shortest day is called the ​ (b)   . The 2 days a year where the number of daytime & nighttime hours are equal are called the ​ (c)  

• summer solstice
• winter solstice
• Equinoxes
• Direct sunlight
• Indirect sunlight
• Orbit
• Leap day
• Saint Patrick's day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Spring tides have the (a)   high tides and the ​ (b)   low tides.

Neap tides are ​ (c)   high tides and the ​ (d)   low tides.

• highest
• lowest
• not as high
• not as low

This term describes the difference in levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide.

• Tidal range

• Spring tide

• Neap tide

• Tidal bulge

When a hemisphere receives more​ (a)   it experiences summer, and when it receives more ​ (b)   it experiences winter. When a hemisphere receives ​ (c)   it will experience either spring or fall.

• direct sunlight
• indirect sunlight
• equal sunlight
• ultraviolet radiation
• Infrared radiation
• no sunlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which moon phase comes 10.5 days after the one depicted here?

• Waning gibbous

• New Moon

• 3rd quarter

• Waning crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1